The pediatric Spleen described in Chinese medicine developed in a very different food environment from the one many children inhabit today. In clinic, I increasingly see children whose diets are restricted not simply by appetite or digestion, but by sensory preferences, feeding difficulties, food allergy, eczema-related elimination, fear of adverse reactions or a long history … Read More
Two children may arrive in clinic with the same diagnosis of asthma and tell very different clinical stories. One may have had eczema since infancy, allergic rhinitis, environmental allergies, allergen-triggered wheezing and very little sputum. Another may have developed wheezing after repeated respiratory infections and now presents with a lingering wet cough and abundant Phlegm. … Read More
The first thing most students learn about male reproductive disorders in Chinese medicine is Kidney Yang deficiency. It is the obvious starting point, and it is correct as far as it goes. But in thirty years of clinical practice, what I find most often in the treatment room is that by the time a patient … Read More
Bi Syndrome (痺) is usually translated into English as “painful obstruction”. This captures the symptom but misses some of the original diagnostic meaning of the term. Bi doesn’t name the pain, but its cause: an obstruction in the circulation of Qi and Blood through the channels, plus an invasion of external Wind, Cold, or Dampness … Read More
